BEARING BRUNT OF HEAT: A youth rides a horse through a harvested field on Wednesday near the Bavarian village of Puchheim, Germany. Withered sunflowers, scorched wheat fields, stunted cornstalks — the farmlands of northern Germany have borne the brunt of this year’s extreme heat and record-low rainfall, triggering an epochal drought. — AFP
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